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Get dynamic picklist values without using the Salesforce UI API

// .cmp file:
<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForRecordHome,force:hasRecordId,lightning:actionOverride,force:lightningquickActionWithoutHeader">
    <aura:attribute name="RecordTypeId" type="String" access="public"/>
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doInit}" />
    <lightning:recordEditForm aura:id="recordEditForm" recordId="{!v.RecordId}" recordTypeId="{!v.RecordTypeId}" objectApiName="Account" class="slds-p-top_small"> 
        <span class="slds-hide slds-required" aura:id="required">*</span>
        <lightning:inputField aura:id="picklist" fieldName="Industry"  />
        <lightning:inputField fieldName="RecordId" value="{!v.RecordId}" class="slds-hide" />
        <lightning:inputField fieldName="RecordTypeId" value="{!v.RecordTypeId}" class="slds-hide" />       
    </lightning:recordEditForm>
    <!--<lightning:recordEditForm aura:id="recordEditForm" recordId="{!v.RecordId}" recordTypeId="{!v.RecordTypeId}" objectApiName="Account" class="slds-p-top_small"> 
        <span class="slds-hide slds-required" aura:id="required">*</span>
        <lightning:inputField aura:id="picklist"  fieldName="Ownership" />
        <lightning:inputField fieldName="RecordId" value="{!v.RecordId}" class="slds-hide" />
        <lightning:inputField fieldName="RecordTypeId" value="{!v.RecordTypeId}" class="slds-hide" />          
    </lightning:recordEditForm>-->
</aura:component>

// client side controller:
({
    doInit : function(component, event, helper) {       
		console.log('the doInit was called');
        
        var fullURL = window.location.href;
        var recordTypeId = fullURL.substring(fullURL.indexOf("recordTypeId") + 13,fullURL.indexOf("recordTypeId") + 31);
        
        console.log('the recordTypeId is: ' + recordTypeId);  
        
        if (recordTypeId != null) {
            component.set("v.RecordTypeId", recordTypeId);
           // console.log('the v.RecordTypeId is: ' + component.get("v.RecordTypeId")); 
        } 
    }
})